Volunteers Needed To Make Hats To Raise Awareness Of Shaken Baby Syndrome

Attention all knitters! The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and 14 other states need 5,000 purple baby hats by October, and they need our help.

Health officials are joining forces with the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome to prevent serious brain injury, caused by forcefully shaking an infant or young child. The campaign’s name, Click for Babies, refers to the clicking sound that knitters make with their needles.

The New York State Department of Health warns that an estimated 1,000-3,000 babies suffer from shaken baby syndrome (SBS) each year. It can “cause brain injury, cerebral palsy, blindness, hearing loss, learning …READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE & LEARN MORE HERE